josh and i made the pilgrimage to our local buy buy baby yesterday just to look at things [not to buy!]. it was actually REALLY helpful and ended up solidifying a lot of our decisions! the hardest part seems to be striking a balance between opting for purchases that will make things easier vs. going crazy for too much stuff that just fills up the apartment with clutter [my nemesis]. i absolutely love our living space, but we do not have a huge amount of room. i fully expect that a good percentage of our space to get filled with baby paraphernalia, but every piece better be something that serves a purpose.
and if possible, not completely garish and offensive-looking . . .
luckily, there are plenty of alternatives these days:
our biggest dilemma right now remains: how to set up the baby's room so that it can also be a comfortable guest room for visitors. right now we are thinking about a futon [which will also become my nursing/lounging couch]. as usual, we'll probably go the way of good ol' IKEA:
in fact, we're even planning on hacking an IKEA dresser into a changing table <-- their idea
the extra weekend day
in addition to baby browsing, we ended up going to see a movie
and then spending a leisurely evening on the couch and then in bed reading.
if only every weekend had an extra day . . .
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.2.12
workout: ended up skipping it -- my body wanted a break!
super-easy chicken quesadilla
i actually don't think you really need a recipe to make chicken quesadillas -- just throw in chicken, beans, some veg of our choice, and top with cheese -- how can you go wrong? but sometimes it's just nice to have the inspiration from the pages of a magazine. served with some leftover soup from last night for extra veg action.
spanish: about to get to it after about a 10 day hiatus -- ahh! hoping i haven't forgotten everything already . . .